Yellow Corn Flour 50 LB

Finely ground cornmeal, corn flour comes in yellow and white and is used for breading and in combination with other flours in baked goods. Corn flour is milled from the whole kernel, while cornstarch is obtained from the endosperm portion of the kernel. In British recipes the term "cornflour" is used synonymously with the U.S. word cornstarch.

Yellow Corn Flour blends well with other food ingredients. This product can be blended with wheat flour at a low percentage to reduce gluten strength for cake, cookie, pastry and cracker production.

Yellow Corn Flour is used as a principle ingredient in pancake mixes. Yellow Corn Flour is also used as a filler, binder and thickener in cookie, pastry and meat industries. Yellow Corn Flour is an economical source of energy for fermentation processes.

When adding to liquids, always blend cornflour with a little cold liquid (any cold liquid will do be it wine, beer, water, stock etc., depending on what liquid is being used in the recipe) before adding to the remaining mixture. In general use twice as much cold liquid as cornflour and mix to a thin paste in a small cup or glass then stir into recipe to be thickened. Keep stirring gently until the mixture comes to the boil, by which time it will slightly clear and thicken. Avoid further cooking.  In general 1 tablespoon of cornflour will thicken between 240ml/8fl.oz and 480ml/16fl.oz. liquid depending on the recipe .

Yellow Corn flour is Milled from dried corn kernels and is not corn meal.  It is finer in texture, not gritty like cornmeal.   It can be used in any recipe calling for cornmeal to produce of smoother feel to the food. 

Yellow Corn flour can also substitute up to one fourth the flour in bread and baked goods for some unique taste sensations.

Yellow Corn flour is very useful for gluten-free quick breads. Because corn flour contains no gluten, it must be blended with wheat flour when preparing yeasted breads. 

An interesting substitute in baking, tortillas, muffins, pancakes and cornbread.

Below is a real bread recipe using corn flour in your bread machine.  

BREAD

1 c. milk
1/4 c. water
1 egg
3 T butter
6 T cane juice crystals *
1 1/2 t. sea salt *
1 1/2 c yellow corn flour *
2 1/2 c. unbleached bread flour *
1 t. anise seed *
2 1/2 t. Saf-Instant yeast *

Combine all ingredients in the order given.

Select the white bread button on your bread machine and push start.

Check the dough after about 5 minutes.  If too wet add more bread flour 1 T at a time.  If too dry, add water 1 T at a time.  Dough should form smooth round ball.

Close lid and let machine do it's work.